The brutal attack that would have felled any lesser man or beast was turned aside by tremendous power, something terrible in nature. The spatter of deep red hit the grass and the green-cloak staggered a bit, turned aside by the killing blow. Yet there was something horrific to a strike like that which did not kill a man, something inherently unsettling and unnatural to it as Brannor stood back to his full height, a glare of feral revenge in his eyes. Both parties initially expressed the shock, but it changed from there. One was thereafter a stare of total confusion, but the other? The other was one of broken restraint, as if the blade cut open something that was being held back, showering it in red but freeing it all the same.

For a few, long, painful moments the surge of emotion and holy fury grew, but it too caught fire like the expression, engulfed and inflamed. The touch of the young woman's magic, with its undercurrent of something more wild, evoked what was already transpiring and with a roar, the paladin warped into a murderous figure, bristling and snarling. Rearing back, the true Champion of Greenest then showed its face, its wounds mostly healed by the curative magic that enthralled it came with an accompanying sister magical ward. But more than anything the guttural cry sent a shock of terror through the untrained mounts, as something monstrous and predatory suddenly made itself noticeably manifest.

Brannor shook himself off, curling at jowls and hefting the sword, silver pendant clinking against the breast of bloodstained chainmail. If any of the enemies bolted on their mounts, willingly or unwilling, the beast within made manifest throughout was going to swing.

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Brannor uses his Action to polymorph into his Hybrid Form using his Shapechanger ability. His action should force the untrained horses to flee in terror, requiring the riders to control their mounts or risk being thrown off or carried away by them as they attempt to escape. If the riders lose control of their mounts and are not thrown off, being forced to ride the fleeing horse, they will provoke opportunity attacks. Brannor will use his opportunity attack to strike the cultists if they provoke, prioritizing the one who struck him with the critical hit if multiple provoke; otherwise he will attack any other cultist rider who is taken away on their mount and provokes.
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[@Hekazu][@Gordian Nought][@Ryonara][@Lucius Cypher][@Norschtalen]